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Rafe Brown is inaugural recipient of KUIA Advisory Board International Research Award
Spencer Museum acquires paintings by Dread Scott and Fahamu Pecou
LAWRENCE — The Spencer Museum of Art has acquired major works by artists Dread Scott and Fahamu Pecou. The two paintings are currently on view at the museum as part of the exhibition “Black Writing,” which explores the power, politics and complexities of language in contemporary Black culture. The exhibition,...
KU senior from Lawrence selected as finalist for Rhodes Scholarship
LAWRENCE — Sivani Badrivenkata, University of Kansas senior in pharmacy, has been selected as a finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship, which provides expenses for one to three years of study at the University of Oxford in England. ...
Wheat State Tour returns with trip to historic Nicodemus
LAWRENCE — KU’s Wheat State Tour is back. Twenty-five University of Kansas faculty and staff will take a weekend journey across Kansas to explore the state’s history, economy, culture and geography. ...
University to host Tribal Sovereignty Speaker Series in November
LAWRENCE — The KU Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging will host a Tribal Sovereignty Speaker Series over the month of November in celebration of Native American Heritage Month. ...
Second dean candidate for KU School of Music to present Nov. 9
LAWRENCE — Kevin Sanders will be the second dean candidate to present his plans for the University of Kansas School of Music. ...
Kansas Public Radio launches KPR’s Community Spotlight
LAWRENCE – This fall, Kansas Public Radio is offering a new program to help spread the word about local community organizations. KPR’s Community Spotlight will give these organizations an opportunity to spread awareness using KPR’s airwaves each month. They will also have a small feature on-air, in KPR’s monthly e-newsletter...
Graduate students to compete in 3-minute thesis competition
LAWRENCE — Entrepreneurs often have an “elevator pitch,” a concise speech to explain their business in 30-60 seconds. Research can be more complicated, so a group of University of Kansas graduate students will get a full 180 seconds to explain their projects in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition this...
KU to host inaugural First-Generation Student Conference
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas will join institutions across the country by participating in the National First-Generation College Celebration (FGCC) on Nov. 8. ...
KU School of Music dean candidates to present visions for school
LAWRENCE — Three candidates will hold public presentations in a bid to become the next dean of the School of Music at the University of Kansas. ...
KU announces ExCEL Award winners, concludes 111th Homecoming
LAWRENCE — Two University of Kansas students were named winners of the 2023 Excellence in Community, Education and Leadership (ExCEL) Awards, presented by Konica Minolta. Libby Frost of WaKeeney and Thanh Tan Nguyen of Phu Yen, Vietnam, were recognized during the KU-Oklahoma football game Oct. 28 in David Booth Kansas...
Distinguished professor lecture to highlight pay, promotion and grants in academia
LAWRENCE — Her work has been featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education, the Economist, the New York Times and more. She’s testified before Congress and consulted on equity and diversity issues in science funding with organizations like the National Academies of Sciences, the National Institutes of Health and the...
‘Infamous’ woman physician at center of criminalizing abortion profiled in new biography
Kristen Baum will lead Monarch Watch
LAWRENCE — Monarch Watch, an international program at the University of Kansas dedicated to the conservation and study of monarch butterflies, has a new director. Kristen Baum, well known for her work on monarchs and pollinators, began this week as director of Monarch Watch and as a senior scientist at...
Registration now open for CPPR's Alternative Futures for Kansas: A Civic Imagination Workshop
LAWRENCE — The Center for Public Partnerships & Research at the University of Kansas is hosting the Alternative Futures for Kansas: A Civic Imagination Workshop on Nov. 15. This in-person workshop is open to the public, and its featured speaker is Jake Dunagan, Governance Futures Lab director at the Institute...
Final dean candidate for School of Engineering to present Nov. 2
LAWRENCE — Atul Kelkar, the fourth and final candidate for the University of Kansas School of Engineering dean position, will give a public presentation on his vision for the school. ...
KU aerospace engineering students earn international design awards
LAWRENCE — Aerospace engineering students from the University of Kansas collected three awards in two major international design competitions, adding to the school’s record number of such honors. ...
KU Endowment board elects 6 new trustees
LAWRENCE — At the KU Endowment Board of Trustees’ Annual Meeting on Oct. 27, six new trustees were elected: Stephonn Alcorn of New York City; William W. Humphrey III (Trey) of Mission Hills; Schalie A. Johnson of Kansas City, Missouri; Allison Long of Lawrence; Winifred Pinet (Win) of Plymouth, Michigan;...
Paper shows story of legal heroes solving crisis of 1929 stock market crash was a myth
LAWRENCE — Origin stories are powerful. From the Book of Genesis to Peter Parker’s fateful encounter with a radioactive spider, people draw a special kind of meaning and identity from these “founding” narratives. In the world of corporate finance, the birth of mandatory disclosure looms especially large: In the years...
Third dean candidate for School of Engineering to present Oct. 31
LAWRENCE — Caroline Schauer will be the third candidate for the University of Kansas School of Engineering dean position to give a public presentation on her vision for the school. ...